The Emperor and the Roman Army, 31 BC - AD 235 by B Campbell (Oxford, 1984) The Roman Army 31 BC - AD 337. A Sourcebook by B Campbell (London, 1994) Warfare and Society in Imperial Rome ...

The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time ...

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...

For the first time in memory, the Roman army was in retreat and the power of Rome was questioned. In 60 AD, Britain had been a Roman province for less than 20 years. Like the other frontier ...